And They Wonder Why Some Of Us Don’t Trust Pro-Gun Democrats

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Posted October 3, 2018 10:00 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Time and time again, I have pointed out how pro-gun Democrats are actually a thing. They exist. They may be rare, but they’re not mythical.

However, something I’ve noticed is that there’s a lot of distrust of pro-gun Democrats. It’s almost like people are waiting for them to betray the gun rights movement as a whole.

Then again, those paranoid souls might be onto something.

Virginia Sen. Mark Warner (D) reaffirmed Monday that he had changed his mind about a nationwide ban on assault weapons and called for such legislation to be enacted on the anniversary of last year’s mass shooting in Las Vegas.

Warner, a Democrat who has long championed himself as a supporter of the Second Amendment, signaled earlier this year that he had reversed course on an assault weapons ban after voting against such a law in 2013. In an op-ed in The Washington Post on Monday, Warner said he had signed on as a sponsor of a new assault weapons ban bill after observing Congress take little action to help combat a spate of mass shootings in America.

“In the years since the Senate last had a meaningful debate about gun-violence legislation, …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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